It Might Have Burned

It Might Have Burned. What might have proved a very serious fire was discovered in the cellar of the postoffice building at about six o'clock last Friday evening. Some careless person had tossed a lighted cigar through the grate in front of the building. It had fallen through an open window upon some papers Mr. Yale had stored in the basement. It had set fire to these and some base ball bats were also ignited. Within three feet of the fire was a five gallon can of kerosene. The cellar was fairly well filled with smoke, but the fire was just starting when discovered and was quickly extinguished. If the cigar had been tossed in the same place three or four  hours later, when the fire would not have been discovered at once, the probabilities are that the post office building would have been in ashes. Smokers ought to be careful not to throw their cigar stubs down grates or close to buildings.